Trade marks Archive


  • Court of Justice set for busy few months in IP

    August 30, 2011

    After a month-long holiday, the Court of Justice of the EU has one big IP judgment scheduled in September and several others in the next few months

  • Plain packaging passes latest hurdle

    August 30, 2011

    Australia moved a step closer to becoming the first country to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes after the legislation passed its first vote this week

  • Asia-Pacific IP Forum: speakers named

    August 26, 2011

    Managing IP’s 8th Annual Asia-Pacific IP Forum takes place on September 29th at the Kowloon Shangri-La in Hong Kong, with more than 200 in-house counsel, officials and advisers expected to attend

  • Betty Boop opinion lifts cloud over characters

    August 26, 2011

    A US appeals court’s withdrawal of its controversial opinion in the Betty Boop suit showed “the depth of the court’s error,” said one lawyer

  • Survey: what are your views on new gTLDs?

    August 25, 2011

    Managing IP is asking brand owners to answer 10 questions about the new gTLD programme that was approved in June 2011

  • Dutch court blocks Samsung smartphones

    August 24, 2011

    Samsung will be barred from distributing three models of its Galaxy smartphone after rival Apple won a preliminary injunction in The Netherlands - and scrutiny over its tablet continues in Germany

  • Betty Boop opinion replaced after criticism

    August 24, 2011

    A US appeals court has withdrawn its controversial opinion over the rights to Betty Boop and has remanded the case on narrower claims of secondary meaning

  • Abercrombie & Fitch demonstrates rise of product placement

    August 22, 2011

    The reaction of Abercrombie & Fitch to the use of its brand on US TV show Jersey Shore highlights the public, and courts’, perception of product placement

  • Bright buys Manassen in boost to Chinese brands

    August 22, 2011

    Bright Food is set to buy Australian branded goods company Manassen, in the latest sign of the global ambitions of the Chinese consumer goods company

  • Louboutin’s red sole safe pending appeal

    August 22, 2011

    Louboutin’s trade mark is safe for now, as an attempt to cancel the mark has been stayed pending the outcome of an appeal by the red sole shoemaker

  • Minister backs anti-fake campaign

    August 22, 2011

    UK Home Office minister James Brokenshire is encouraging markets to sign up to a charter to reject fake and illicit goods

  • Interview: Hitachi welcomes .brand era

    August 16, 2011

    With five months until the application process for new gTLDs opens, Managing IP spoke to Japanese electronics company Hitachi, which looks set to apply for a new domain

  • Icann under pressure to halt gTLD programme

    August 16, 2011

    Advertising companies have piled more pressure on Icann to withdraw the new gTLD program, citing worries about cybersquatting and trade mark infringement

  • Increased TTAB input in settlements opposed

    August 15, 2011

    Four prominent law associations do not recommend increased involvement by the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in settlement proceedings, saying it would result in delayed cases

  • Pernod loses appeal over Havana Club

    August 15, 2011

    The Havana Club trade mark saga has stumbled on one more step, with Pernod Ricard losing an appeal in the side show of a false advertising case

  • Tablet case reveals power of European designs

    August 12, 2011

    If anyone still doubted the value of having a registered Community design, Apple’s successful application for an injunction against Samsung should disabuse them

  • Louboutin’s red sole succeeds in Europe

    August 12, 2011

    In the same week that Louboutin was denied a preliminary injunction in the US over its distinctive red sole, it has been revealed that the mark is registered in Europe

  • Louboutin will fight for red outsole

    August 11, 2011

    Luxury shoe brand Louboutin will appeal a New York judge’s decision that the high-fashion shoe company could not ban competitors from using its trade mark red outsole

  • Spoof BBC website removed, after Managing IP interview

    August 11, 2011

    A mock BBC website that posted spoof stories about celebrities and MPs was taken down yesterday after its owner became concerned about trade mark and copyright infringement

  • At a glance: IP crime in the UK

    August 10, 2011

    Data released this week casts light on the scale of counterfeiting and piracy in the UK. Managing IP highlights the striking statistics

  • Police chief issues Olympic counterfeits warning

    August 10, 2011

    Enforcement authorities in the UK have already seized counterfeit London 2012 products, a year before the city hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games

  • Apple blocks Samsung tablet in EU

    August 10, 2011

    A German court has issued an injunction preventing the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in most European countries

  • Aggressive ambush marketing strategy for London Olympics

    August 09, 2011

    With less than a year to go to the Olympic Games in London, the UK is pursuing aggressive legislation, litigation and policing of ambush marketing

  • Interview: Susan Scafidi, professor, Fordham University School of Law

    August 05, 2011

    Susan Scafidi – a Fordham University School of Law professor who worked on the fashion copyright bill – talks exclusively to Karen Bolipata about IP protection for the fashion industry and why it is the emerging designer who needs it most

  • Analysis: China joins product placement rush

    August 05, 2011

    Audiences watching the latest Transformers film may have noticed one item standing out amid the barrage of product placement typical of a summer blockbuster: Shuhua Low Lactose Milk

  • Chinese courts confirm US arbitration award for Joseph Abboud

    August 04, 2011

    A Chinese court has enforced an award issued by a US arbitration panel to the owner of the Joseph Abboud brand, in a sign of how enforcement in the country is changing

  • Argentine court bars Budvar marks

    August 04, 2011

    Czech brewery Budweiser Budvar cannot register trade marks for its Budejovický Budvar beer in Argentina, after a final decision by the country’s Federal Court of Appeals

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